US Patent Issued to NICOVENTURES TRADING on July 1 for "Oral product with cellulosic flavor stabilizer" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,847, issued on July 1, was assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING Ltd. (London).

"Oral product with cellulosic flavor stabilizer" was invented by Christopher Keller (Advance, N.C.), Thomas H. Poole (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Ronald K. Hutchens (East Bend, N.C.) and Anthony R. Gerardi (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides products configured for oral use, the products including a mixture of a particulate filler component, a cellulose derivative, water, and one or more flavoring agents. The products exhibit greater stability over time with respect to flavor component concentration than comparative products wh...